Paris (AFP)

"We have always said that a universal system is not a uniform system": in accordance with the course set by Edouard Philippe, and faced with the dispute, the government accepted several adjustments to its pension reform. Overview of the concessions already made by the executive to different trades.

SNCF and RATP

The executive has postponed the entry of railway workers into the new system, which will concern people born from 1985 for drivers with a status - against 1975 for a large part of the population - and those born from 1980 for sedentary workers to the statute.

In addition, the age of departure "will be raised very gradually taking into account the time spent in status", according to Jean-Pierre Farandou, boss of the SNCF.

At RATP, a calculation of the rights acquired at the end of 2024 over the last six months with an advantageous coefficient is proposed and discussions on the arduousness must take place.

These proposals were not enough to coax the majority of unions, depriving Emmanuel Macron of the Christmas truce called for.

Pilots, hostesses and stewards

Four hostess unions and stewards suspended their call to strike from January 3 after obtaining assurances on the maintenance of their independent complementary pension fund, the CRPN, with 5 billion euros in reserves.

The retirement age at 55 for cabin crew must nevertheless gradually disappear for the generations born after 1987, to converge around 60, according to the SNPNC union.

On the pilot side, the majority union SNPL lifted its strike notice after having received "precise and engaging elements" concerning the maintenance of the CRPN and the possibility of retiring at full rate at 60 years.

Other seafarers' unions, however, continue to call for strikes.

road

On December 16, the truckers' unions coordinated several actions throughout the territory, in particular to defend their end of activity leave (CFA). This system allowing drivers attesting to a certain seniority to retire five years before the legal age, will be maintained, said the same day the Minister for the Ecological Transition Élisabeth Borne, referring to "discussions with employers' organizations ".

policemen

While the gendarmes, firefighters, prison guards or air traffic controllers quickly saw their right to early departures confirmed at 57 or even 52 years of age as part of their "dangerous duties", the police mobilized to obtain guarantees from the executive.

"As soon as they occupy sovereign functions of protecting the population" and "taking into account the dangers to which they are exposed", the police will continue to "benefit from the derogations from the retirement age", assured the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner. Either the possibility of entitlement at 52 and retirement at 57.

Another promise: the special bonus known as "the fifth" or "quinquennial", which offers them an annuity (four quarters) of subscription every five years, will be "replaced by an over-contribution from the Ministry of the Interior".

Teachers

Faced with a massive mobilization in education, the government has promised to increase the salaries of teachers, opposed to the calculation of their retirement over their entire career, against the last six months currently. The level of pensions must be "sanctuarized" and the necessary revaluations implemented gradually from 2021.

The unions, which lack concrete elements, will be received by the Minister of National Education the week of January 13.

Nursing staff

By extending to civil servants the "arduousness account", reserved for private employees, and by taking better account of night work, 20 to 30% of nurses and nursing assistants will be able to leave before 62 years of age, and, at best, to 60 years, ensures the executive. But more at 57.

Matignon promises the launch at the beginning of 2020 of a "consultation on the development of the second parts of career" at the hospital.

Dancers from the Paris Opera

The artists of the prestigious Parisian ballet, who can receive a pension from the age of 42, will benefit from the "grandfather clause", that is to say that only dancers recruited after January 1, 2022 will be affected by the new regime. For future hires, the government proposes to develop "a professional retraining system" for the few dancers (6 per year on average over the last 5 years) who will stop each year.

sailors

Edouard Philippe affirmed that the reform "will recognize the specificities" of the sailors who will have "the assurances that they ask" on their right to an early departure before 62 years.

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